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Anytime the coal powered car argument comes up for driving on electricity, remember how much coal powered electricity is used to refine gasoline! Then remember how much coal powered electricity is used to refine the diesel fuel used to truck and ship the oil and gas around the globe to all the gas stations. So gas powered cars use electricity AND gasoline. EVs use the electricity directly and skip the extra steps in the middle. Then to top it off, the electric motors are ~80% efficient compared to gas engines in the ~20-30% range. https://youtube/watch?v=BQpX-9OyEr4&feature=share en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_combustion_engine#Energy_efficiency
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 13:32:43 +0000

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